Ever wonder how you could be happier than God? Do you think it is even possible? I do! I think that life was meant to be happy. It is not, of course, for a great many people a great deal...
hi neale.....i just think you are wonderful..and i am looking forward to reading your book...hopefully it will be shipped over to belgium and holland pretty soon...this part of the world always seems to be last in line to get the newest books....
lots of love to you and take care.......
therese
AM
February 27, 2008 7:41 AM
Thanks Neale.
Your new book is WONDERFUL and will make a difference in the world.
If God is perfect, than God is perfect in His happiness. How can imperfect people be more perfect than the most perfect? Doesn't make any sense, Neale.
therese
February 27, 2008 10:28 AM
hello again....
where can i find release dates for this book?? i guess for now the book can only be purchased in the states?? and what about europe?? ssooooo unfair we have to wait months and months......:(
Sabine
February 27, 2008 10:45 AM
hey therese.
i ordered it via amazon.com. it will arrive from 10 march-21 april. that's betting and getting lucky there, definitely, hehe. if you order it at amazon.co.uk or countrywise, it'll take longer, and cost more.
maybe that helps.
cheers & smile!
mussawi
February 27, 2008 12:01 PM
I appreciate your candor Neale. I feel it is very much in line with God's purpose for us to share in his happiness and fulfill it. He made the creation, and gave birth to us to live here. It is our gift to celebrate His name, and give thanks to all the Creator has done for us. We are meant to surpass God, in living praise of him. Simply put, that is happiness. Thanks be to God.
Robert
February 27, 2008 2:35 PM
So Neale are YOU happier than god? I know you have the money because of your previous booksuccess but how is it with your health, your relationships your faith and so on? I think someone that writes about how to be happier than god should himself be a good example of his teachings. For example i noticed that you (like myself) are not so thinn on your pictures do you follow the recommendations from god about health? I have all your other books and they are fascinating but i dont know if i believe in them, also i was quite surprised that god was just as liberal in politics as yourself in your books which seems quite convenient, anyway i look forward to read your book!
speakfromtheheart
February 27, 2008 2:51 PM
I'm going to be a bit off topic, and though I love CwG and will certainly applaud the latest...
'The Secret' is a total rip-off of Lynn Grabhorn's "Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting." And it's interesting to note that Grabhorn felt that there were groups wanting to keep her ideas and books (she had planned a trilogy) from going mainstream, within a year or two of her passing, this rip-off gets published.
While no one has a copyright on 'laws of attraction' and how to keep positive - 'The Secret' offers nothing new from Grabhorn - EXCEPT - that it is materially-driven. As stated here in a comment, it lacks the genuine focus of being a part of a larger picture. For me, laws of attraction and positive thinking are only achievable with the knowledge of God.
Off soapbox.
amilius
February 27, 2008 4:18 PM
Neale,
I'm still curious. Do you imagine that one might feel anything that God does not? Recalling the framing from "Communion With God", with regard to the truth about Superiority, can a thing be happier than Itself? We are all One. "Happier Than God"? May I recommend, again, "Happy As God"? It conveys the unifying message supported by the understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE. I understand the purpose of suggesting 'other-wise' but does it serve one to reinforce notions of disunity? Does one find unity or disunity on the cutting edge of human awareness?
Namaste.
G W. McKay
February 27, 2008 4:30 PM
Hey Neal...
It’s a wonderful book, Thanks for taking the time and listening to the heart of God.
Not sure about the point being made by "Robert" with regard to your health and how you look on your pictures. I hear and see these kinds of remarks made from people who have a perception when dealing with LOA that its Magical type of thinking, not rooted into anything verifiable. This I think is because LOA has been presented this way by movies (Mainly the Secret) and some books. Make no mistake about it, LOA is real and its joining of the Spiritual with Science is a wonderful thing, replacing Faith with Certainty, validates what masters have been saying for centuries.
It seems now, that LOA has the same type of response as Tele Evangelists do, with an air towards the fake. I think books like this and other rooted teachers, authors and physicist will perhaps bring more credibility to what we know as LOA. The writer of Mark, has even Jesus talking about LOA in Mark 11:22-24.
LOA is a life principle, why not be in Harmony with it.
Peace and Love
amilius
February 27, 2008 4:31 PM
Neale,
I've just finished 'Happier', pre-ordered, thank you Amazon, and while useful, you've missed how the Law of Attraction functions in what is realized as a result of the intent supporting the vibration chosen.
The cycle of creation appreciation, the ARCASEA [Attract> Regard> Care> Appreciate> Share> Embrace> Attract...]Cycle, arises as a demonstration of the gracious acknowledgment of inspiration springing from the One Source of Awareness that is. The Law of Attraction functions in accord with the Law of Grace, All Choice generates Benefit for Purposes of Appreciation. Gracious choice generates benevolence for sharing. Ungracious choices generate instructive consequences that remind one that a more gracious choice was missed in the choosing. Those who dismiss the Law of Attraction were making ungracious choices and disown the consequences that arise, inviting more consequences. Appreciation of purpose is the vibration that attracts. It all functions with Grace. Naturally. Namaste.
Flying Dolphin
February 28, 2008 12:11 AM
amilius, Happier than God is a take off or play from a quote that said "That man's got more money than God." It's a playful take on that quote as to say you can be "Happier than God."
He may qualify that in his book, but I've not read it, but I've heard him talk about the title of the book and how he came to it.
If he does not qualify the reason, I can see how people would think and question the title as you have.
Victoria from Houston
February 28, 2008 12:19 AM
Hello Neale!
Thank you for your new book "Happier Than God". I have been awaiting its arrival since I first heard your mention of it some months ago, and I was not disappointed. It was a lively and smooth read (I was able to finish it in a day) peppered as always with your natural humor and wit.
I regard the main message of the novel to be your concern that some individuals feel God has been left out of the equation of the Law of Attraction hoopla that has consumed our attention over this past year. (And for some several decades - Neale gives props to Esther and Jerry Hicks whose LOA work has been the basis for both Grabhorn's novel and The Secret's movie.) Yet this has never been an issue of mine because being a child (or differentiated form) of God I know that we can never be separate, even if some beliefs permeated in our society say that we are.
My issue is impatience. I mean, shoot, if it takes four minutes for my microwave to pop popcorn that just to dang long! And if it takes more than a day for what I am trying to attract into my life to show up I get discouraged. But it isn't a matter of time, it's a matter of resonance. My energy vibration must match the energy vibration of what I desire, and that the quickest way to get what we want is to give another what we wish to receive. I've heard all this before but maybe now it will get through my thick head, now having been shown that the Law of Attraction has much deeper meaning than I previously believed and is never an individual process. So these are areas that I need to work with....
But I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it has given me more to think about, play with, and experience. There have been many times that I have found myself down upon my knees, tears streaming down my face, screaming "why" to God only to have a phrase from one of your CwG books reel through my mind to pull me out of my drama to say "Oh, OK, I understand now". That's why I love your work, appreciate that you have put it out into the world, and have made it (and yourself) so accessible and plainly spoken so that we may be able to apply this knowledge in our own lives.
Thank you, Neale, for this wonderful book. :)
Kimberly Gigowski
February 28, 2008 7:35 AM
Dear Robert,
You sound like a very intellectual person to me. I don't understand then how you could be so critical of Neale. (I don't mean this to sound so harsh, I just wonder where you are coming from, because I think their is a bit of unfairness here due to "your" standards that you hold Neale to.) It sounds to me like you have had a teacher who you felt impressed their opinions harshly, and maybe unfairly, on you as you were able to observe them not following what they were teaching you.
Have you ever found your self giving advice to someone knowing darned well that if they would take it, their problem would be resolved? Yet while you hear what you are telling them, you are thinking that if only you, yourself could take your own advice?!
All my friends could tell you that I am exceptionally gifted at giving advice, but I don't always take my own advice. My friends come to me often for this advice and a few of them "know" what I say will work, so they automatically put what I tell them to use. They developed a trust in my advice.
If they were to just see me on the outer side, they would not do this because at times, I'm confused just as much (if not more sometimes) than they are about my own life. Can you not see that we can get information (or answers) from sometimes the most unlikely sources. I don't know if you believe in God or the Bible, but in the Bible, it is the least likely person that is used to bring out messages to others. He used the least likely candidates to show miracles.
I am curious as to why you would think that a teacher has to be a perfect person? Myself, I can't think of one single solitary human being who could match up to your expectations. Teachers, preachers, ministers, etc..., are of this world and do get tempted by the same things as me and you. Sometimes they may fail what we hold them up to, but does that mean what they teach is all wrong? Does it mean that they have no right to tell of a way that can bring joy and happiness to not just one person, but many? Even if the person teaching something has a hard time living by what they teach to a tee, doesn't mean that it is not going to work for others.
I think we need to learn to be much, much more accepting of people and not so willing to write them off because of our own standards. Have you even tried to use any of the principles that Neale has conveyed to us? If so, did they not work? It is up to us to choose what ones if not all that we want to apply in our lives. We don't even have to apply any if we wish not to, but I take the view of "Don't mock it till you've tried it" so to speak.
I apologize for this sounding critical in itself, and maybe this is what happened with you and your writing, but I don't always do so well at getting my thoughts across in a gentle manner, or with my true feelings. I sort of understand where you are coming from, but would like you to share a little deeper as to "why" you are coming from that stance? I am the type of person that likes to know how people tick. I feel this need to understand them and all points of view. I can't help it. I know it has to do with how I grew up, and I think it is a God given quest of mine to find all and accept all perspectives. I have found that once I know why a person feels the way they do, I can be more accepting of their points of view. Usually our own history has a part in how we react to something, just as mine does with writing to you today.
God Bless In Abundant Revelation!
Kim G. (From Michigan)
michelle Ma Belle
February 28, 2008 12:02 PM
DEAR ROBERT,
I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE BY OUR REACHING OUT TO YOU BUT, ALSO ASKING FOR GUIDANCE OURSELVES THAT BOTH KIM AND I HAVE A CURIOSITY ABOUT YOUR PRESENT FEELINGS. WE BOTH SEEM TO DETECT THESE THINGS IN PEOPLE THAT RESONATE WITH/IN US. I NOW WONDER IF IT IS BECAUSE WE WERE ONCE IN A SIMILAR PLACE AS YOU??? AT ANY RATE I AM WHERE I AM NOW BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS!! SOME PROPOSED TO ME, SOME I ASKED DIRECTLY AND SOME I BROUGHT WITH ME FROM MY PAST AND HAVE PONDERED AND TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF. THE TOPIC TODAY, FEB. 28TH IS A GOOD PLACE TO START, JUST AS I SAID TO YOU IN THE PAST. ASK AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. ASK FOR THE SIGN TO SHAKE YOU UP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
ONE QUESTION I WILL ASK YOU, MR.WALSCH, GOD AND ANYONE ELSE IS;
"IF WE ARE ALL GOD AND GOD IS ALL OF US AND WE ARE ALL CONNECTED THAN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST IN OURSELVES TO ALWAYS ACT, BE AND FEEL AS GOD WOULD RESPECTIVELY. SO IS THIS JUST A LIMITING FACTOR AS HUMANS WE HAVE CREATED TO DEFINE THE TWO. OR HAVE WE CREATED A SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY TO SHOOT FOR TO HELP US CONTINUE IN LIFE??"
TALK TO YOU LATER, ROBERT,
MICHELLE MA BELLE
Robert
February 28, 2008 6:09 PM
To Kim G:
First i want to apologize for my english, its because im from Sweden. Second i thank you for your honest approach in trying to understand my position, if more people had this way to act the world would be a better place. Ofcourse you are right, me too i have alot of ideals that i dont follow even tough i promote them to others. I have studied religious history in the university of Stockholm and "free spirituality" on my free time. I have read hundreds of spiritual books from wellknown educated people that claim they have the answers to the big questions, most of them contradict themselves and eachother, so yes i am quite frustrated about this. About the bible i think most of it are contradictious nonsense, about god, i dont know, if he exist i would love him and hate him at the same time, i have begged for "him" to answer me all my life, why my brother was borned handicapped, why i was mobbed in elementary school, why my father left my family for a girl my age, why people are starving in other countries, why god allow people to teach so many different religions where they scare people with hell to make them obey their ideals, and so and so on. If god spoke to me i would feel a great responsibility to be true to this message and only teach things i myself believe and if others that claim to have answers from god dont do this themselves it makes me frustrated, sad and angry. I am trying not to be to hard to others but everyone else have always been hard in judging me o i guess i am passing this along. About Neales/God´s teachings atleast the "law of attraction" i think its bull, propably because i have been thinking negative and imagined the worst results all the time in my life but most of the time it worked out fine anyway.
To Michelle Ma Belle:
I will check his new article out, thanks for the suggestion. The answer to Kim could also be directed to you because of our other discussion. Peace!
amilius
February 29, 2008 1:48 AM
Flying Dolphin,
I read it. That is not how he meant the expression. Neale suggests that for his purposes, 'God' is the Collective Consciousness of humanity. He states that in understanding One's self to be happier than the rest of the Collective Consciousness of Humanity. It still suggests that being on the cutting edge of human awareness, we might lead the rest of the Collective to desire to be 'Happier Than God'. My question stands, does being on the cutting edge of human awareness somehow empower one to be more than itself? I trust that One might imagine One's Self happier than the rest of current human awareness. Being on the cutting edge, just like experiencing inspiration, arises for the purpose of shared appreciation. It does not, however, qualify one as something more than the Whole. One is always part of the whole. We are all One. Having read all of the CWG books multiple times, it's pretty clear that the Absolute Awareness of Graciously Organized Design exceeds the limits of human awareness, even the cutting edge of Human Awareness. I do believe that thanks to Neale's books, we are in the process of getting there.
We are all One. Namaste.
Kimberly Gigowski
March 1, 2008 5:49 AM
Dear Robert,
I am sooo thankful you were not offended by what I had to say! You knew how to understand my words and I think there is a reason for that. As I suspected, you are coming from a place of much hurt and pain. I know this because I have been there. I have been through every form of abuse while growing up and suffered many many losses. I now can pick up on other people's sorrow and pain because of it.
I can also tell that you are a very kind person and I know men don't like to admit this because my son is the same way and struggles with it himself, but I can tell you have a very sensitive heart.
I know some of your answers in why God "allowed" these things to take place. I know them because I have asked the same questions and received the answers. It took many years to get them, but I did get them. I would be thrilled to share them with you if you would like, but I don't really want to do it here on this site. It would take away from the focus of topics here.
If you wish to discuss some of this, you may email me at KIMBERLY_GIGOWSKI@COMCAST.NET. Michelle Ma Belle, you may also. We can have a three way discussion if both of you wish to do so. Who knows, maybe "we" are the start of another focus on bringing all religions to one belief. Stranger things have happened!? Ha Ha!
For now though Robert, I will say, that you already have asked the questions, all you have to do now is wait. Not how you were waiting before, but now do it from a less angry, more forgiving, and more of an open mind. I know, this is easier said than done! I know it is like telling a person who always worries to just not worry about it. You are ready for someone to give you the true tools to use in implementing. You are ready for someone to show you how, or what exactly to do to change how your life has been going.
Although Neale has been trying to tell you and show you, it is not in the way you learn best. As I have said before, not everyone learns the same, and one thing that works for some may not work for all. I have another approach for you that may work. It is by sharing some of my story and what got me through such horrific times. I can tell you what worked for me and what did not.
If you don't believe me, here are some examples of what I have gone through and today am amazed myself that I am as sane as I am. Even better than that! I am happy with my life!!!!
At 5 years old my parents split up taking me from my father who spoiled me very much to living with my mother and two siblings who gave me no affection and only tormented me. There are many stories I could share about physical, emotional, and mental abuse that took place in the next 7 years. Later, between about 8 or 9 I began to be molested. Through the age of 17 I had been molested by five different people.
At 17 I left home to escape it and life got harder. Because of severe depression and extreme low self esteem, I left my husband who was a wonderful person and I didn't feel I could put him thru this. I got with a man a couple years later who while I was 4 months pregnant, knocked me on my rear against my refrigerator. This lasted for 5 years. There are many many awful details in that 5 years. I am 42 years old now and it took me till around the age of 40 to make the most sense of it.
These are just some of the highlights. These aren't even the worst. I never tell people this stuff because of needing attention or out of wanting them to feel sorry for me. To be honest, I usually will stop talking about it if I get a poor you look or if they look shocked with that pity look. Usuallly I find that if I share any of this with people it is to show them that they can get to a place of happiness despite all of it.
So please feel free to email me and we can talk. I think you will find that I do come from a place of understanding or at least wanting to and you never have to worry about shocking me because most people find it just about impossible to do. Ha Ha! I do believe I could shed some light on things for you.
Hope to hear from you. God Bless With Abundant Revelations!!
Kim G
Kimberly Gigowski
March 1, 2008 6:19 AM
Dear Michelle,
It is kind of funny that I find we do the same thing. We tend to forget some of the things we have already learned. I think we do this because we are in need of a deeper meaning of that lesson that we did not fully get the first time.
First of all, you ask much more than you realize in that one small paragraph. As to the trust issue, yes I do believe we should trust ourselves at all times. Not our outter self but our inner self, and this is something I am learning to do now. The relationship I am in right now is teaching me how to rely on that "gut instinct", "concience", "that little voice", "spirit", "holy spirit", etc... We are to honor and respect our inner self, to trust it is the highest honor we can give it. That inner self is God within us.
If we are honoring it, we will Act, Feel, and Be as God would have us. That is the part that is Him. That is how He interacts with us. It is when we question and doubt those instincts, little voices, etc.. that we often choose incorrectly because then our outter person has the ability to win out. Which brings me to the last part of your paragraph. When you allow your outer person, (mind, thoughts, emotions) to take over in your decisions, you are not going with the highest choice. The highest choice comes from deep within where the gut instinct is. It is the voice of God telling us what the best choice is. Only from there does the highest, grandest vision come from.
I hope this helped. God Bless You Also With Abundant Revelations!
Your friend,
Kim G.
Robert
March 1, 2008 11:27 AM
To Kim G
Thank you for your sincere wish to share your experience and knowledge and i will send you an e-mail later so we can continue this intriguing discussion and ofcourse also Michelle is welcome.
Later,
Robert
michelle Ma Belle
March 1, 2008 4:20 PM
HEY KIM AND ROBERT,
MY KIDS ARE WERE ILL WITH THE FLU AND I SPEND ALOT OF TIME WITH THEM TEACHING THEM WAYS TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN HEALING FOR LATER ON IN LIFE WHEN I'M NOT ALWAYS PRESENT. I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU BOTH ON YOUR E-MAIL KIM--SOUNDS GREAT!!
I'VE GOT AN INTERESTING BLOG FOR THE DAY WITH ILLUSIONS--YOU MIGHT LIKE IT!
MICHELLE MA BELLE
Kimberly Gigowski
March 2, 2008 4:35 AM
Dear Robert,
I look forward to our conversations. I know that there is a healing in me that takes place everytime I am able to share my experiences, but even more exciting to me is that I might be able to help another person find the happiness they are searching for.
Have a wonderful day, and may God bless you with abundant revelation!
Kim G.
Dear Michelle,
This flu bug caught up to me also. It was pretty miserable. That is why I didn't get on the computer myself for a couple days. I was in a complete fog. There was no way I could hold on to my thoughts. I just took it as a sign to slow down and welcomed being able to relax my brain from the thought process for awhile. Ha Ha!
I prayed for your children's quick recovery and that it will leave your home even quicker. With that many children I also prayed for your strength, energy, and health to be doubled. I am sure it is needed as I could only handle three children. I admire people who can manage more. Are all your children still at home?
As I said to Robert, I really look forward to our conversations.
God bless you and your children with great health in abundance.
Kim G
Charles Cosimano
March 3, 2008 1:08 AM
A more pertinant question would be whether or not a God that created this world even deserves to be happy.
Kimberly Gigowski
March 3, 2008 5:30 AM
Dear Charles,
I can say that your question never occured to me. I tend to find many miracles, happiness, joy, laughter, awe inspiring things in even the littlest of things. Yes, at times it does take a little work to find the humor in things, but I rarely fail to find it.
It sounds to me that you are blaming God for the ways of some people. God made this world to be something much, much better than it is. It was in the fact that He gave us free will that I could see you may have a problem with. Even in this I have learned what a great gift it is to be able to have a choice in how we will create, handle, deal, etc..
Most people who feel as you do come from a place of much disappointment and pain, or have had the opposite extreme, where life was way too easy and find it hard to deal with. It is one or the other. It is because they are unable to find a balance within themselves. It is our job to search out the lessons in each thing that we encounter. I have found a lesson in litterally everything in life. I have no regrets in life because of this. Often we don't want to find these things that are being taught to us because it means more work. We have become lazy in the way we handle ourselves. By this I mean that we avoid learning a lesson because often we would have to point the finger at ourself. This is the hardest! It is not an easy thing to look at yourself in the most honest light, and then know you may have been the cause of, by your actions, words, etc.., any bad that has occured in the world. It is even harder for some, once they see their error, to change within themselves so to better the outcome next time.
The other reason we don't want to find our lessons is because then if we were wrong in how we handled something or we found out we are to blame for anything, we then feel the responsibility to make things right. These are two reasons people play the blame game. For many people, it is easier to blame others than it is to look within and act on the responsibility that it brings.
We really do need to teach ourselves how to reprogram our thinking. I am working on how I react with people. I have been accused, (and I agree it is true), that I am way too sensitive. This causes my reaction to things and people to be more critical. Instead of looking at a person who just offended me in a bad way and judge them to be wrong, I now am working on turning my focus on myself right away. I ask my self, why does this make me mad, or I try to stop for that split second and say to my self, "I am in control of how I want to perceive this."
Can you imagine that if everyone started to do this how our world could be!? Most of the bad in this world comes from people's quick reaction to others. I don't blame God! Take the person who has an adolescent that they are raising. Anyone who has done this can tell you that there is always an ocassion where even though you taught the child better, that child will at some point do something you said not to do. When asked why they did what they did, the child replies with an "I don't know". Now, we know why we told that child not to do it. It was because we wanted to save them from the consequences. Does God not give us the list for "Things NOT To Do"? We turn around and do them anyway because we want to learn for our Self, or for reasons we at times don't even know (Too quick to react perhaps).
Hope this explains why I did not entertain that question.
God bless in abundant revelation!
Kim G
art lover
March 4, 2008 2:54 PM
I just finished reading Happier than God and loved it. It did help answer some of my questions about the women being raped in Darfur and other atrosities in that area. Again thank you for another great book.
Jason
March 15, 2008 1:11 PM
I am looking for a kids audio book that I had when I was a kid, however i dont remember the name. It had a song in it titled I was that missing piece of puzzle. and the book started out with "look at the stars arent they shiny, i can count all of them ican count all the way to 100.If any one can remember anything about this book please e mail me at jasonmadrid1977@yahoo.com.
thank you
Jason
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hi neale.....i just think you are wonderful..and i am looking forward to reading your book...hopefully it will be shipped over to belgium and holland pretty soon...this part of the world always seems to be last in line to get the newest books....
lots of love to you and take care.......
therese
Thanks Neale.
Your new book is WONDERFUL and will make a difference in the world.
Last Sunday I enjoyed it in one happiest day and now am telling my friends online about it
http://www.fotolog.com/bb_am/31240684
Much Love from HK, AM
If God is perfect, than God is perfect in His happiness. How can imperfect people be more perfect than the most perfect? Doesn't make any sense, Neale.
hello again....
where can i find release dates for this book?? i guess for now the book can only be purchased in the states?? and what about europe?? ssooooo unfair we have to wait months and months......:(
hey therese.
i ordered it via amazon.com. it will arrive from 10 march-21 april. that's betting and getting lucky there, definitely, hehe. if you order it at amazon.co.uk or countrywise, it'll take longer, and cost more.
maybe that helps.
cheers & smile!
I appreciate your candor Neale. I feel it is very much in line with God's purpose for us to share in his happiness and fulfill it. He made the creation, and gave birth to us to live here. It is our gift to celebrate His name, and give thanks to all the Creator has done for us. We are meant to surpass God, in living praise of him. Simply put, that is happiness. Thanks be to God.
So Neale are YOU happier than god? I know you have the money because of your previous booksuccess but how is it with your health, your relationships your faith and so on? I think someone that writes about how to be happier than god should himself be a good example of his teachings. For example i noticed that you (like myself) are not so thinn on your pictures do you follow the recommendations from god about health? I have all your other books and they are fascinating but i dont know if i believe in them, also i was quite surprised that god was just as liberal in politics as yourself in your books which seems quite convenient, anyway i look forward to read your book!
I'm going to be a bit off topic, and though I love CwG and will certainly applaud the latest...
'The Secret' is a total rip-off of Lynn Grabhorn's "Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting." And it's interesting to note that Grabhorn felt that there were groups wanting to keep her ideas and books (she had planned a trilogy) from going mainstream, within a year or two of her passing, this rip-off gets published.
While no one has a copyright on 'laws of attraction' and how to keep positive - 'The Secret' offers nothing new from Grabhorn - EXCEPT - that it is materially-driven. As stated here in a comment, it lacks the genuine focus of being a part of a larger picture. For me, laws of attraction and positive thinking are only achievable with the knowledge of God.
Off soapbox.
Neale,
I'm still curious. Do you imagine that one might feel anything that God does not? Recalling the framing from "Communion With God", with regard to the truth about Superiority, can a thing be happier than Itself? We are all One. "Happier Than God"? May I recommend, again, "Happy As God"? It conveys the unifying message supported by the understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE. I understand the purpose of suggesting 'other-wise' but does it serve one to reinforce notions of disunity? Does one find unity or disunity on the cutting edge of human awareness?
Namaste.
Hey Neal...
It’s a wonderful book, Thanks for taking the time and listening to the heart of God.
Not sure about the point being made by "Robert" with regard to your health and how you look on your pictures. I hear and see these kinds of remarks made from people who have a perception when dealing with LOA that its Magical type of thinking, not rooted into anything verifiable. This I think is because LOA has been presented this way by movies (Mainly the Secret) and some books. Make no mistake about it, LOA is real and its joining of the Spiritual with Science is a wonderful thing, replacing Faith with Certainty, validates what masters have been saying for centuries.
It seems now, that LOA has the same type of response as Tele Evangelists do, with an air towards the fake. I think books like this and other rooted teachers, authors and physicist will perhaps bring more credibility to what we know as LOA. The writer of Mark, has even Jesus talking about LOA in Mark 11:22-24.
LOA is a life principle, why not be in Harmony with it.
Peace and Love
Neale,
I've just finished 'Happier', pre-ordered, thank you Amazon, and while useful, you've missed how the Law of Attraction functions in what is realized as a result of the intent supporting the vibration chosen.
The cycle of creation appreciation, the ARCASEA [Attract> Regard> Care> Appreciate> Share> Embrace> Attract...]Cycle, arises as a demonstration of the gracious acknowledgment of inspiration springing from the One Source of Awareness that is. The Law of Attraction functions in accord with the Law of Grace, All Choice generates Benefit for Purposes of Appreciation. Gracious choice generates benevolence for sharing. Ungracious choices generate instructive consequences that remind one that a more gracious choice was missed in the choosing. Those who dismiss the Law of Attraction were making ungracious choices and disown the consequences that arise, inviting more consequences. Appreciation of purpose is the vibration that attracts. It all functions with Grace. Naturally. Namaste.
amilius, Happier than God is a take off or play from a quote that said "That man's got more money than God." It's a playful take on that quote as to say you can be "Happier than God."
He may qualify that in his book, but I've not read it, but I've heard him talk about the title of the book and how he came to it.
If he does not qualify the reason, I can see how people would think and question the title as you have.
Hello Neale!
Thank you for your new book "Happier Than God". I have been awaiting its arrival since I first heard your mention of it some months ago, and I was not disappointed. It was a lively and smooth read (I was able to finish it in a day) peppered as always with your natural humor and wit.
I regard the main message of the novel to be your concern that some individuals feel God has been left out of the equation of the Law of Attraction hoopla that has consumed our attention over this past year. (And for some several decades - Neale gives props to Esther and Jerry Hicks whose LOA work has been the basis for both Grabhorn's novel and The Secret's movie.) Yet this has never been an issue of mine because being a child (or differentiated form) of God I know that we can never be separate, even if some beliefs permeated in our society say that we are.
My issue is impatience. I mean, shoot, if it takes four minutes for my microwave to pop popcorn that just to dang long! And if it takes more than a day for what I am trying to attract into my life to show up I get discouraged. But it isn't a matter of time, it's a matter of resonance. My energy vibration must match the energy vibration of what I desire, and that the quickest way to get what we want is to give another what we wish to receive. I've heard all this before but maybe now it will get through my thick head, now having been shown that the Law of Attraction has much deeper meaning than I previously believed and is never an individual process. So these are areas that I need to work with....
But I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it has given me more to think about, play with, and experience. There have been many times that I have found myself down upon my knees, tears streaming down my face, screaming "why" to God only to have a phrase from one of your CwG books reel through my mind to pull me out of my drama to say "Oh, OK, I understand now". That's why I love your work, appreciate that you have put it out into the world, and have made it (and yourself) so accessible and plainly spoken so that we may be able to apply this knowledge in our own lives.
Thank you, Neale, for this wonderful book. :)
Dear Robert,
You sound like a very intellectual person to me. I don't understand then how you could be so critical of Neale. (I don't mean this to sound so harsh, I just wonder where you are coming from, because I think their is a bit of unfairness here due to "your" standards that you hold Neale to.) It sounds to me like you have had a teacher who you felt impressed their opinions harshly, and maybe unfairly, on you as you were able to observe them not following what they were teaching you.
Have you ever found your self giving advice to someone knowing darned well that if they would take it, their problem would be resolved? Yet while you hear what you are telling them, you are thinking that if only you, yourself could take your own advice?!
All my friends could tell you that I am exceptionally gifted at giving advice, but I don't always take my own advice. My friends come to me often for this advice and a few of them "know" what I say will work, so they automatically put what I tell them to use. They developed a trust in my advice.
If they were to just see me on the outer side, they would not do this because at times, I'm confused just as much (if not more sometimes) than they are about my own life. Can you not see that we can get information (or answers) from sometimes the most unlikely sources. I don't know if you believe in God or the Bible, but in the Bible, it is the least likely person that is used to bring out messages to others. He used the least likely candidates to show miracles.
I am curious as to why you would think that a teacher has to be a perfect person? Myself, I can't think of one single solitary human being who could match up to your expectations. Teachers, preachers, ministers, etc..., are of this world and do get tempted by the same things as me and you. Sometimes they may fail what we hold them up to, but does that mean what they teach is all wrong? Does it mean that they have no right to tell of a way that can bring joy and happiness to not just one person, but many? Even if the person teaching something has a hard time living by what they teach to a tee, doesn't mean that it is not going to work for others.
I think we need to learn to be much, much more accepting of people and not so willing to write them off because of our own standards. Have you even tried to use any of the principles that Neale has conveyed to us? If so, did they not work? It is up to us to choose what ones if not all that we want to apply in our lives. We don't even have to apply any if we wish not to, but I take the view of "Don't mock it till you've tried it" so to speak.
I apologize for this sounding critical in itself, and maybe this is what happened with you and your writing, but I don't always do so well at getting my thoughts across in a gentle manner, or with my true feelings. I sort of understand where you are coming from, but would like you to share a little deeper as to "why" you are coming from that stance? I am the type of person that likes to know how people tick. I feel this need to understand them and all points of view. I can't help it. I know it has to do with how I grew up, and I think it is a God given quest of mine to find all and accept all perspectives. I have found that once I know why a person feels the way they do, I can be more accepting of their points of view. Usually our own history has a part in how we react to something, just as mine does with writing to you today.
God Bless In Abundant Revelation!
Kim G. (From Michigan)
DEAR ROBERT,
I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE BY OUR REACHING OUT TO YOU BUT, ALSO ASKING FOR GUIDANCE OURSELVES THAT BOTH KIM AND I HAVE A CURIOSITY ABOUT YOUR PRESENT FEELINGS. WE BOTH SEEM TO DETECT THESE THINGS IN PEOPLE THAT RESONATE WITH/IN US. I NOW WONDER IF IT IS BECAUSE WE WERE ONCE IN A SIMILAR PLACE AS YOU??? AT ANY RATE I AM WHERE I AM NOW BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS!! SOME PROPOSED TO ME, SOME I ASKED DIRECTLY AND SOME I BROUGHT WITH ME FROM MY PAST AND HAVE PONDERED AND TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF. THE TOPIC TODAY, FEB. 28TH IS A GOOD PLACE TO START, JUST AS I SAID TO YOU IN THE PAST. ASK AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. ASK FOR THE SIGN TO SHAKE YOU UP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
ONE QUESTION I WILL ASK YOU, MR.WALSCH, GOD AND ANYONE ELSE IS;
"IF WE ARE ALL GOD AND GOD IS ALL OF US AND WE ARE ALL CONNECTED THAN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST IN OURSELVES TO ALWAYS ACT, BE AND FEEL AS GOD WOULD RESPECTIVELY. SO IS THIS JUST A LIMITING FACTOR AS HUMANS WE HAVE CREATED TO DEFINE THE TWO. OR HAVE WE CREATED A SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY TO SHOOT FOR TO HELP US CONTINUE IN LIFE??"
TALK TO YOU LATER, ROBERT,
MICHELLE MA BELLE
To Kim G:
First i want to apologize for my english, its because im from Sweden. Second i thank you for your honest approach in trying to understand my position, if more people had this way to act the world would be a better place. Ofcourse you are right, me too i have alot of ideals that i dont follow even tough i promote them to others. I have studied religious history in the university of Stockholm and "free spirituality" on my free time. I have read hundreds of spiritual books from wellknown educated people that claim they have the answers to the big questions, most of them contradict themselves and eachother, so yes i am quite frustrated about this. About the bible i think most of it are contradictious nonsense, about god, i dont know, if he exist i would love him and hate him at the same time, i have begged for "him" to answer me all my life, why my brother was borned handicapped, why i was mobbed in elementary school, why my father left my family for a girl my age, why people are starving in other countries, why god allow people to teach so many different religions where they scare people with hell to make them obey their ideals, and so and so on. If god spoke to me i would feel a great responsibility to be true to this message and only teach things i myself believe and if others that claim to have answers from god dont do this themselves it makes me frustrated, sad and angry. I am trying not to be to hard to others but everyone else have always been hard in judging me o i guess i am passing this along. About Neales/God´s teachings atleast the "law of attraction" i think its bull, propably because i have been thinking negative and imagined the worst results all the time in my life but most of the time it worked out fine anyway.
To Michelle Ma Belle:
I will check his new article out, thanks for the suggestion. The answer to Kim could also be directed to you because of our other discussion. Peace!
Flying Dolphin,
I read it. That is not how he meant the expression. Neale suggests that for his purposes, 'God' is the Collective Consciousness of humanity. He states that in understanding One's self to be happier than the rest of the Collective Consciousness of Humanity. It still suggests that being on the cutting edge of human awareness, we might lead the rest of the Collective to desire to be 'Happier Than God'. My question stands, does being on the cutting edge of human awareness somehow empower one to be more than itself? I trust that One might imagine One's Self happier than the rest of current human awareness. Being on the cutting edge, just like experiencing inspiration, arises for the purpose of shared appreciation. It does not, however, qualify one as something more than the Whole. One is always part of the whole. We are all One. Having read all of the CWG books multiple times, it's pretty clear that the Absolute Awareness of Graciously Organized Design exceeds the limits of human awareness, even the cutting edge of Human Awareness. I do believe that thanks to Neale's books, we are in the process of getting there.
We are all One. Namaste.
Dear Robert,
I am sooo thankful you were not offended by what I had to say! You knew how to understand my words and I think there is a reason for that. As I suspected, you are coming from a place of much hurt and pain. I know this because I have been there. I have been through every form of abuse while growing up and suffered many many losses. I now can pick up on other people's sorrow and pain because of it.
I can also tell that you are a very kind person and I know men don't like to admit this because my son is the same way and struggles with it himself, but I can tell you have a very sensitive heart.
I know some of your answers in why God "allowed" these things to take place. I know them because I have asked the same questions and received the answers. It took many years to get them, but I did get them. I would be thrilled to share them with you if you would like, but I don't really want to do it here on this site. It would take away from the focus of topics here.
If you wish to discuss some of this, you may email me at KIMBERLY_GIGOWSKI@COMCAST.NET. Michelle Ma Belle, you may also. We can have a three way discussion if both of you wish to do so. Who knows, maybe "we" are the start of another focus on bringing all religions to one belief. Stranger things have happened!? Ha Ha!
For now though Robert, I will say, that you already have asked the questions, all you have to do now is wait. Not how you were waiting before, but now do it from a less angry, more forgiving, and more of an open mind. I know, this is easier said than done! I know it is like telling a person who always worries to just not worry about it. You are ready for someone to give you the true tools to use in implementing. You are ready for someone to show you how, or what exactly to do to change how your life has been going.
Although Neale has been trying to tell you and show you, it is not in the way you learn best. As I have said before, not everyone learns the same, and one thing that works for some may not work for all. I have another approach for you that may work. It is by sharing some of my story and what got me through such horrific times. I can tell you what worked for me and what did not.
If you don't believe me, here are some examples of what I have gone through and today am amazed myself that I am as sane as I am. Even better than that! I am happy with my life!!!!
At 5 years old my parents split up taking me from my father who spoiled me very much to living with my mother and two siblings who gave me no affection and only tormented me. There are many stories I could share about physical, emotional, and mental abuse that took place in the next 7 years. Later, between about 8 or 9 I began to be molested. Through the age of 17 I had been molested by five different people.
At 17 I left home to escape it and life got harder. Because of severe depression and extreme low self esteem, I left my husband who was a wonderful person and I didn't feel I could put him thru this. I got with a man a couple years later who while I was 4 months pregnant, knocked me on my rear against my refrigerator. This lasted for 5 years. There are many many awful details in that 5 years. I am 42 years old now and it took me till around the age of 40 to make the most sense of it.
These are just some of the highlights. These aren't even the worst. I never tell people this stuff because of needing attention or out of wanting them to feel sorry for me. To be honest, I usually will stop talking about it if I get a poor you look or if they look shocked with that pity look. Usuallly I find that if I share any of this with people it is to show them that they can get to a place of happiness despite all of it.
So please feel free to email me and we can talk. I think you will find that I do come from a place of understanding or at least wanting to and you never have to worry about shocking me because most people find it just about impossible to do. Ha Ha! I do believe I could shed some light on things for you.
Hope to hear from you. God Bless With Abundant Revelations!!
Kim G
Dear Michelle,
It is kind of funny that I find we do the same thing. We tend to forget some of the things we have already learned. I think we do this because we are in need of a deeper meaning of that lesson that we did not fully get the first time.
First of all, you ask much more than you realize in that one small paragraph. As to the trust issue, yes I do believe we should trust ourselves at all times. Not our outter self but our inner self, and this is something I am learning to do now. The relationship I am in right now is teaching me how to rely on that "gut instinct", "concience", "that little voice", "spirit", "holy spirit", etc... We are to honor and respect our inner self, to trust it is the highest honor we can give it. That inner self is God within us.
If we are honoring it, we will Act, Feel, and Be as God would have us. That is the part that is Him. That is how He interacts with us. It is when we question and doubt those instincts, little voices, etc.. that we often choose incorrectly because then our outter person has the ability to win out. Which brings me to the last part of your paragraph. When you allow your outer person, (mind, thoughts, emotions) to take over in your decisions, you are not going with the highest choice. The highest choice comes from deep within where the gut instinct is. It is the voice of God telling us what the best choice is. Only from there does the highest, grandest vision come from.
I hope this helped. God Bless You Also With Abundant Revelations!
Your friend,
Kim G.
To Kim G
Thank you for your sincere wish to share your experience and knowledge and i will send you an e-mail later so we can continue this intriguing discussion and ofcourse also Michelle is welcome.
Later,
Robert
HEY KIM AND ROBERT,
MY KIDS ARE WERE ILL WITH THE FLU AND I SPEND ALOT OF TIME WITH THEM TEACHING THEM WAYS TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN HEALING FOR LATER ON IN LIFE WHEN I'M NOT ALWAYS PRESENT. I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU BOTH ON YOUR E-MAIL KIM--SOUNDS GREAT!!
I'VE GOT AN INTERESTING BLOG FOR THE DAY WITH ILLUSIONS--YOU MIGHT LIKE IT!
MICHELLE MA BELLE
Dear Robert,
I look forward to our conversations. I know that there is a healing in me that takes place everytime I am able to share my experiences, but even more exciting to me is that I might be able to help another person find the happiness they are searching for.
Have a wonderful day, and may God bless you with abundant revelation!
Kim G.
Dear Michelle,
This flu bug caught up to me also. It was pretty miserable. That is why I didn't get on the computer myself for a couple days. I was in a complete fog. There was no way I could hold on to my thoughts. I just took it as a sign to slow down and welcomed being able to relax my brain from the thought process for awhile. Ha Ha!
I prayed for your children's quick recovery and that it will leave your home even quicker. With that many children I also prayed for your strength, energy, and health to be doubled. I am sure it is needed as I could only handle three children. I admire people who can manage more. Are all your children still at home?
As I said to Robert, I really look forward to our conversations.
God bless you and your children with great health in abundance.
Kim G
A more pertinant question would be whether or not a God that created this world even deserves to be happy.
Dear Charles,
I can say that your question never occured to me. I tend to find many miracles, happiness, joy, laughter, awe inspiring things in even the littlest of things. Yes, at times it does take a little work to find the humor in things, but I rarely fail to find it.
It sounds to me that you are blaming God for the ways of some people. God made this world to be something much, much better than it is. It was in the fact that He gave us free will that I could see you may have a problem with. Even in this I have learned what a great gift it is to be able to have a choice in how we will create, handle, deal, etc..
Most people who feel as you do come from a place of much disappointment and pain, or have had the opposite extreme, where life was way too easy and find it hard to deal with. It is one or the other. It is because they are unable to find a balance within themselves. It is our job to search out the lessons in each thing that we encounter. I have found a lesson in litterally everything in life. I have no regrets in life because of this. Often we don't want to find these things that are being taught to us because it means more work. We have become lazy in the way we handle ourselves. By this I mean that we avoid learning a lesson because often we would have to point the finger at ourself. This is the hardest! It is not an easy thing to look at yourself in the most honest light, and then know you may have been the cause of, by your actions, words, etc.., any bad that has occured in the world. It is even harder for some, once they see their error, to change within themselves so to better the outcome next time.
The other reason we don't want to find our lessons is because then if we were wrong in how we handled something or we found out we are to blame for anything, we then feel the responsibility to make things right. These are two reasons people play the blame game. For many people, it is easier to blame others than it is to look within and act on the responsibility that it brings.
We really do need to teach ourselves how to reprogram our thinking. I am working on how I react with people. I have been accused, (and I agree it is true), that I am way too sensitive. This causes my reaction to things and people to be more critical. Instead of looking at a person who just offended me in a bad way and judge them to be wrong, I now am working on turning my focus on myself right away. I ask my self, why does this make me mad, or I try to stop for that split second and say to my self, "I am in control of how I want to perceive this."
Can you imagine that if everyone started to do this how our world could be!? Most of the bad in this world comes from people's quick reaction to others. I don't blame God! Take the person who has an adolescent that they are raising. Anyone who has done this can tell you that there is always an ocassion where even though you taught the child better, that child will at some point do something you said not to do. When asked why they did what they did, the child replies with an "I don't know". Now, we know why we told that child not to do it. It was because we wanted to save them from the consequences. Does God not give us the list for "Things NOT To Do"? We turn around and do them anyway because we want to learn for our Self, or for reasons we at times don't even know (Too quick to react perhaps).
Hope this explains why I did not entertain that question.
God bless in abundant revelation!
Kim G
I just finished reading Happier than God and loved it. It did help answer some of my questions about the women being raped in Darfur and other atrosities in that area. Again thank you for another great book.
I am looking for a kids audio book that I had when I was a kid, however i dont remember the name. It had a song in it titled I was that missing piece of puzzle. and the book started out with "look at the stars arent they shiny, i can count all of them ican count all the way to 100.If any one can remember anything about this book please e mail me at jasonmadrid1977@yahoo.com.
thank you
Jason
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